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GC-based Detection of Aldononitrile Acetate Derivatized Glucosamine and Muramic Acid for Microbial Residue Determination in Soil
Published on: May 19, 2012
[Rapid determination of low molecular weight aldehydes in air by gas chromatography]
1Fujian Institute of Structure of Matter, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, 350002.
Abstract:
This paper reports a method for determination of low molecular weight aldehydes in polluted air by GC-FID using a GDX-401 packed column (3 mm x 3 m). The advantages of this method are simple, rapid, accurate and sensitive. The method requires only 8 minutes for the whole analysis. In the concentration range of 1.7-442.4 mg/m3 for formaldehyde and 0.5-680 mg/m3 for acetaldehyde and propionaldehyde the calibration curves are linear. The minimun detectable amounts are 3.5 ng, 1 ng and 1 ng, and the average recoveries (n=5) are 89.4%, 89.6%, 88.1% for formaldehyde, acetaldehyde and propionaldehyde respectively. The quantitative determination is performed by external standard calibration method. The results of sample analysis are satisfactory.
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